He then takes on a menacing tone before he said: "I would hate for their to be an accident or anything."

A clearly traumatised Andy replied: "You lay one finger on her ..." before Phelan confirms he's with Andy's lover and adds: "That's why I asked Steph, just to make sure you hadn't done anything you shouldn't have done."

An emotional Andy simply replies "No," before Phelan rounds off the loaded chat with: "Ooh is that the time, it's nearly 12, I'd better get a shift on.